Perch prices: questions and answers
Perch: median wholesale price 10.8 EUR/kg across 5 markets in 3 countries, quotes to 10 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of perch today?
The median wholesale price of perch was 10.8 EUR/kg across 7 current quotes on 5 markets in 3 countries (latest quote 10 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 9.45 and 11.68 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between types of perch?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Type not stated | 4 | 10.8 EUR/kg |
| Fillet | 3 | 10.8 EUR/kg |
Types are read from the names the markets publish, so that a comparison puts like with like. Quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
What is the price of perch in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3 | 10.8 EUR/kg | — |
| China | 1 | 3.69 EUR/kg | 27.5 CNY/kg |
| France | 1 | 10.8 EUR/kg | — |
Countries with the most markets quoting perch; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of perch going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 2 of 6 quotes for perch rose, 1 fell and 3 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish perch prices?
5 markets in 3 countries have current perch quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Mercamadrid Spain · 2 quotes
- MIN Rungis France · 2 quotes
- Suzhou Nanhuan Bridge Market China · 1 quote
- Mercados de Abastecimientos de Barcelona SA Spain · 1 quote
- Mercabilbao Spain · 1 quote
Why are there so many different perch prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 6 different perch quote names, for example: Perch fillet; Perch (fillet) imported; Freshwater perch live catty; Perch fillet fresh; Perch fillet.
Compare like with like: the same market and series over time, or the same type across markets. How to read a wholesale quote
Where do these perch prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are perch prices updated?
The latest perch quote is from 10 November 2026; 1 of 5 markets published perch prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download perch prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for perch prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.